Tonsillectomy waiting time at Lyell McEwin Hospital

The median wait for tonsillectomy — published by the source as "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" — at this public hospital in the Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia was 120 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 120 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 167 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.2%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 78 days in 2011–12 to 120 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 19 km away, at 97 days. Here, 10.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Lyell McEwin Hospital	120 days	10.2%	167 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	111 days	11.4%	1161 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	182 days	17.0%	16182 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 10 km away212 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 19 km away267 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 19 km away97 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away75 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away165 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away330 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 46 km away239 days
Port Pirie Regional Health ServiceSA · about 185 km away450 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	78	64	98
2012–13	97	69	98
2013–14	61	71	99
2014–15	379	76	124
2015–16	146	87	120
2016–17	77	67	97
2017–18	89	86	121
2018–19	93	84	125
2019–20	107	92	130
2020–21	216	98	253
2021–22	153	138	168
2022–23	101	118	174
2023–24	168	140	185
2024–25	120	111	182

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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